Microsoft Brings Ads to Windows 10's Mail App

[Guest]

Microsoft is using what it knows about its users--it doesn't seem to be scanning emails--to show ads it believes are relevant to them in Windows 10's Mail app.

Microsoft Brings Ads to Windows 10's Mail App : Read more

 

[Giroro]

Junk like this is why so many computers out there still run an obsolete non-secure OS like windows XP, get hacked, and cause giant data leaks that put hundreds of millions of people at risk.

Not that I think the situation will improve much when, say, the government decides to start upgrading their secure systems to a data-collecting advertising service like windows 10? Maybe in 5 years we will see the spyware that is Cortana put on trial for, well, literally being a spy.

 

[hannibal]

... Because the win10 updates are free, they go for advertising market... Hmm... Adblock we need you!

 

[sadsteve]

Easy fix is to use an alternate email client. I've been using Thunderbird for years and it seems to work perfectly fine.

 

[dimar]

Windows 10 mail app is complete garbage anyway. Use Thunderbird.

 

[Dugimodo]

I switched to web based mail years ago. I see no advantage to Email clients myself.
I don't even bother setting up the windows 10 mail app.

 

[USAFRet]

Or, it was a misguided thought process, and they took that out
https://www.engadget.com/2018/11/16/microsoft-tested-ads-in-windows-10-mail-app/